Industry News & Articles
Below the Line News – voice of the crew
Insights, Articles, Tips & Clips
Your Industry Insider – interviews of successful pros, advice on breaking into the Industry
Playbills vs. Paying Bills – excellent resource for actors in all arenas
Actor Genie – great actor resource of what’s going on in town
Working With Actors – Blog
Brains of Minerva – archives of fantastic articles, interviews, info
Acting Classes and Coaches
Los Angeles
The BGB Studio – Bramon Garcia Braun Studio – LA (with Master Classes in NY, Toronto and other cities)
New York (Classes & Coaches)
Mimi Lieber – via email directly – mimilieber1@gmail.com
Memphis
Corey Parker – Memphis based coach, teacher, and Skype coach extraordinaire
Voice/Dialect Coaches New York
Books
Risa’s Bookshop (via Amazon) BOOKS YOU SHOULD READ
Risa’s Bookshop List – download as word docx
Technology Support & Resources
Casting Workbook – online casting/actor resource – create, organize and distribute valuable information
ActivePitch – *formerly Active Submission – online casting/actor resource
Actors Access – online casting/actor resource – part of Breakdown Services
Now Casting – online casting/actor resource
Speedreels – Tape auditions/scenes as well as reels
Website and Reel Designers
Real Edits by Sam – w/Sam Littlefield – Reels – cool reel editing
Speedreels – Reels – known for doing it professionally and well – see menu of services
Paul’s Video – Reels – top editor with good prices
Quick Nickel – Reels –concise, clear work, good prices
Kyle Art Web Design – Websites – simple, smart and affordable
Gedaly Guberek / Professional Distraction – Websites/Blogs (like Making Your Website “Grandma Proof”)
Edit Plus – Reels/Editing/Taping/Transfers – Dave Manship – crafts your reel, re-edits scenes as needed
Photographers and Headshots
Los Angeles
David Zaugh – real, authentic, natural
Luke Fontana (also NY) – dramatic, alive, strong, also celebrity photographer
Peter Konerko – intense, character driven, can be wonderfully edgy
Bader Hower Photography – actors love Bader
Braden Moran Photography – real, natural, reasonable pricing
Visi Cano – character photos, from Spain
Shelli Wright – natural, captures you wonderfully, fantastic with kids, reasonable pricing
Steph Girard Headshots – attractive, great eyes
Dennys Ilic Photography – high end celebrity photography, very cool portraits
Kenneth Dolin Photography – good looking, intense, good with kids, mid-range pricing
Paul Gregory Photography – pricier but very high end, NY and LA
Innis Casey Photography – honest, simple, real
David Muller Photography – strong, natural, amazing eyes, mid-range pricing
Michael Sanville Photography – strong, real, striking
Dana Patrick Photography – natural, strong, great eyes, a little pricier
Theo and Juliet -also more expensive but do excellent work
Paul Smith – strong, sexy, intense, loves mouths, pricier
Starla Fortunato Photography – high end celebrity photographer
Greg James – attractive, appealing shots, good with kids, reasonable pricing
Buckman Headshots – great angles/contrast, fully captures the individual, mid-range pricing
Vanie Poyey Photography -fun, real, natural, mid-range pricing
Caroline White -lovely pix and feel, good prices and energy
Shawn Smith – strong contrast, attractive, mid level pricing
Cathryn Farnsworth Photography – fun, alive, good with kids, good pricing
New York
Luke Fontana (also LA) – dramatic, alive, strong, also celebrity photographer
David Rodgers Photography – been shooting actors, writers, musicians… a long time
Susan Shacter Photography – edgy, dramatic, poetic
David Noles – personal, intimate, dramatic, environmental
Nadia Quinn – aka Nadia Wahhab – natural light, in and around NYC, intimate, real
Sam Khan, Image Works – strong, clean, real, mid-range pricing
Litho/Reproduction House
Argentum Photo Lab – this is the place I use
Isgo Photo Lab – also really good for price and quality
Prints Charm’n – inexpensive and good
Reproductions – great deal for prints
New York
Favorite Artist Sites/Blogs
Jeff Bridges – you know the Dude
Casting By – the movie – on Facebook – an inspiration
Showing Up – the movie – A Conversation about the Audition
Gladwell.com – Malcolm Gladwell’s site
Theatre Companies
Ensemble Studio Theatre (EST in NY)
Ensemble Studio Theatre LA (EST – LA)
Echo Theatre Company (Los Angeles)
Manhattan Class Company (MCC in NY)
Rogue Machine Theatre (Los Angeles)
LA Stage Times – What’s going on in LA Theatre
Scripts and Scenes
Why Insanity – movie monologues
Actors Pages – audition sides
Beauty and Body in LA
Back to Wellness – acupuncture, pilates, chiropractic, massage (Valley Village)
Arcona Studio – the only facial and facial products you’ll ever want (Santa Monica)
Mindfulness and Zen-like things
For your Head and Heart in LA
Black Dog Yoga – especially Melissa Morgan’s Restorative Class (Sherman Oaks)
Rising Lotus Yoga – small place, really good classes (Sherman Oaks)
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